Another post-apocalyptic story I started with an idea that went nowhere. This was a dream I had, but i couldn’t get the details down correctly so I just have the journal entry – I don’t even have a name for the narrator. As I stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a […]
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villains in someone else’s story
Let’s talk about Judas Iscariot for a moment. Oh, have I got your attention? Good. I always think about the musical Jesus Christ Superstar when I think about Judas Iscariot. The song Heaven on Their Minds is the first sung song in the musical and Judas sings it, creating a conflicted character that believes he […]
Sorry to a Friend
Can you tell once upon a time I wanted to write angsty stuff? I was listening to Edwin McCain one night (Sorry to a Friend) and this came to mind. So I started to write. He was sitting in the bar, drinking a bottle of cheap beer, and talking to the dude sitting next to […]
A lot can happen in a year
“Even though I said all the things that mattered most / While I held on tight to the end of the rope / I could keep you close, but I couldn’t keep you here / A lot can happen in a year.” ~ Shinedown Three Six Five The first of February is an anniversary for […]
Languages
Those of you who have actually read my Portals Series will know that I have a love for languages. After all, the Portal Seeker, imbued with the magic of Wisdom, has the ability to learn to speak in almost any language of the Portals. Others become multi-lingual as well, learning them in a variety of […]
I still have stories to tell
I often tell people I work a full time job and write on the side. Because, well, that is the absolute truth. The long and short of it is I just don’t know if I could sit at a computer and write all day EVERY day. I need the movement I get from the full […]
The Stranger in the Compound
This was an idea that had started out being a postapocalyptic novel about redemption – I just never could find more meat for the story, so to speak. So I re-wrote it as a short story. I hope the message I wanted to convey is still there: He came out of nowhere, just wandered in […]
Agitators
Agitate (verb): to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of; to disturb; to discuss excitedly and earnestly; to stir up public discussion of; to give motion to; to attempt to arouse public feeling The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have been on my mind the past few weeks, as they have been […]
A Falling Out
This story was a dream that I had once upon a time. It’s kind of a corny story, but I have always liked it. As I stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a blog called Short Stories, but want all of my works in one place now, so I am moving […]
Go be your favorite self
Once upon a time (more like some twenty odd years ago),I wrote this in one of my journals after a wonderful discussion with the middle school kids I worked with (who are now all adults with families and lives of their own): Lord, please help me to be the person my youth group kids think […]
K. S. Wood Writes 